Funding has been approved for California State University-Sacramento to create an events center that will be home for the university’s men’s and women’s basketball teams, women’s volleyball and gymnastics teams, and intramural and club sports competitions. It also will be a venue for entertainment, arts and guest speakers.
Members of the Board of Directors for Union WELL Inc., the nonprofit organization that oversees the University Union and The WELL fitness and health facility, on Nov. 15 unanimously approved a resolution to provide up to $5.2 million from reserves for the project.
That money is expected to cover initial estimated expenses for the project. Sacramento State is paying for project design, projected to cost $300,000.
The project will provide another use for existing space that holds four courts that host recreational and intramural sports. Those courts and their recreational use will remain, but they will be flanked by seating that can be rolled out to and retracted to accommodate larger anticipated crowds for NCAA competition.
Seating capacity remains to be determined.
New lighting, scoreboards and video boards, and public address system will be added.
The University is partnering with Otto Construction and LPAS Architecture + Design for the design and construction of the facility.
The event center is expected to be completed and begin hosting events in the fall 2024. [California State University-Sacramento]
The school system in Jackson, Tenn., broke ground for the Hub City’s Central Stadium and Arena on Nov. 15.
Earlier in November, the School Board signed off on the building of a new stadium.
The stadium will include a football field with turf and a regulation track facility, along with locker rooms, concessions, a press box and a jumbotron scoreboard.
As part of the Workplace Development Program, students will have the opportunity to gain real-life workplace experience by working at the concession stands in east Jackson. [WBBJ-TV]
A brand new activities complex project is in the works for Kearney Catholic High School in Kearney, Neb.
Not only have there been plans for the last few years, but the last time any upgrades have been done at the school was 17 years ago involving the school gym.
The most expensive part of the $6.5 million budget is the addition of a new $1.3 million turf. The field had to be filled with dirt a couple times during the 2023 football season due to a sinking dirt issue.
The soccer team as well as the band will be able to put the facility to use as they previously had been placed in other areas to practice.
The current dirt track will also be replaced with an all weather version similar to what neighboring school have.
Nemaha Sports Construction is the team assigned to the project
The project is set to end before the 2024 football season. [KSNB-TV]
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